Originally Posted by
JoeBas
Nobody takes the bus here in Houston... mass transit is a bit of a joke here.
That being said, it's an obvious drug sweep. And if I ever do have to take a bus for some reason (shuttle to the Golf Tournament or something) and they try it, they'll get a great big eff ewe.
Exactly. There'd be a backlash if the agency came out and simply said, "we will be searching riders' bags for drugs".
But couch it as an anti-terror policy and it becomes much more palatable to the masses.